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Re: Lark bunting?

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John McKitterick

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Fri, 9 Apr 2004 07:08:34 -0400

Pat:

Absent any other information, I'd suggest a red-winged blackbird, which
often appears to have only a whitish-yellow arc on its wing rather than
the red and yellow that mature males have in full breeding plumage. The
blackbird is also common around here.

John McKitterick
Columbia, MD

Pat Taylor wrote:

>A Capitol Hill neighbor -- a casual backyard birder -- reports sighting a lark bunting in her back yard.  She describes this bird as 'black with white arc at wings.'
>
>I've never seen a lark bunting.  And I don't find any mention of lark bunting sighting in my MDOsprey e-mail files.  Sibley says there are 'solitary vagrants (of this species) in eastern states'.   What do the experts among you have to say -- could it have been a lark bunting?  If not, what are other possibilities?
>
>Pat Taylor
>Washington DC 20003
>
>

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